Accused ‘cut off deceased’s penis and put it in his pocket’

The partner of a man whose body was found in a duvet days after his death has told a murder trial jury that the accused said he had cut off the deceased’s penis.

Giving evidence at trial yesterday, Barbara Staunton revealed she heard Anthony Locke, 38, say he had cut off her partner Christopher Jackson’s penis and put it into the deceased’s pocket.

Ms Staunton, who said she had been smoking heroin that night, said Anthony Locke asked her: “What are you doing with someone with such a little penis?”